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U.S. stock futures slipped slightly on Friday, Jan. 11, as the equity rally to begin the new year looked as if it would fail to materialize for a sixth day day following a dovish message from the chairman of the Federal Reserve and amid renewed hopes that trade talks between the U.S. and China will deliver a near-term deal. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated Thursday in a question-and-answer session at the Economic Club of Washington that the central bank would be "patient" with raising interest rates. "We have the ability to be patient and watch patiently and carefully as we see the economy evolve and figure out which of these two narratives is going to be the story of 2019," Powell said.